Improvement in wash-boilers



'waited States @tutti @titille JOSEPH W. BATES AND MARY ANN BATES,` OF ST. PAUL, MIN NESOTA.:

Letters Patent No. 107,591, dated September 20, 1870.

y IMPROVEMENT 1N WASH-Boheme.

l'o all wlioin 'it may concern Be it knownthat we, JOSEPH W. BATES and MARY ANN- BATES, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, and in the State of Minnesota, have inyentedcertain new and useful Improvements.inYVashBoiler; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, exact description thereof', reference being had 'to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonniaking 'a part of this specification.

The nature of our inventionconsists iu the construction and arrangement of a wash-boiler;7 as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In ,orderx to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains -to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring, to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view removed, and

Fignre'2 isa transverse vertical section.

A represents a wash-boiler, of any desired shape or form.

of the boiler with the'lid B B are three or more tubes,- which -pass from near.

the bottom' to near thetop of `the boiler, ou the outside, attached to and forming a part of the-boiler, and being au equal distance apart. I

Through these tubes the suds and steam pass' from underneath the support which supports the clothes from the bottom of -the boiler, depositing on the top of `the clothes underneath the cover of the boiler. l v

\Ve then line the boiler al suitable height from the bottom up,'which lining, a, is fastened to and made part of `the sides of the boiler.

At the upper edge of said lining a is a rini, b,tnrned all around toward the inside of the boiler, of suitable width to admit of` holes being punched, which holes are put a regular distance apart.

This is lall fast to the boiler and forms a part ofthe A same.

The rim l1 i's strung with a cord, c, as shown, of sufficient strength to hold the weight of the clothes, or a suitable cloth may be used forthis support, which answers the same purpose. This is better than-any metallic support, as it will neither rust nor corrode.

Below'the support c is inserted a tap or faucet, C, through into the boiler, which faucet is soldered to and made a part of the same'. This tap enablesns to draw the dirty suds from underneath the clothes while in the boiler, and add clean suds as oftenas 'necthe boiler near the bottom, through the sides, and de' livered through the sides into the boiler, near the top, through the tubes AB B, when boiling. This improvement may be attached tofany wash-boiler The tap C we`also use asa try-tap, to ascertain the quanity of water in the bottom ofthe boiler at any time, which cannot be known to a certainty without it. l After the 'clothes have boiled long enough for the dirt tobe in asolution by the steam and suds passing. through theln, we turn the tapand let the dirty suds pass from beneath the clothes. The clothesl are still saturated with this dirty solution, but by pouring a pail of clean water on `the clothes this dirty solution is immediately passed oli. A sufiicient'quantity of clean hot suds isthen poured on. the top of the clothes. The clean waiter will soon be seen passingfrom the tap, and asv soon as the last-named suds makesit-s appearance through tap the tap is shut, and the clothes are boiled" for fifteen" lninutes' over a brisk re, -when they taken out,Y rinsed,- and wrung out.

In washin g a few clothes at a time,- it is necessary' to have a weight all around the inside of the boiler ou' top of the clothes, to hold them to'place. Forthis purpose we use a copper tube, D, lled with clean. sand, or other suitable material, which lits within the'A boiler, and is laid on top of the clbthes.' Y l The lid E of the boiler is provided with a small door or valve, for the escape of superfluous steam.

Having thus fully described our invention.

Letters Patent, is-

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to-'secure by The combination of the boiler A, outside tubes Bv B, perforated rim b, clothes support e, faucet O, 'and tube' D, all as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 20th day of June, 18;"0.

JOSEPH W. BATES. [u s.] MARY ANN BATES. [11. s.]

Witnesses: I

E. O. PALMEn',-ik NVILL H. 'WEBsTER.

essary, withoutvremoving'theclothes while on the 

